As of 2024 the torch relay for the Paralympics will begin at Stoke Mandeville Hospital. The ninth Stoke Mandeville Games were held outside the UK for the first time in 1960, coinciding with the ...

Mascots have been an important part of the Paralympic Games and help spread the joy and excitement of Para sports. Ever since the first mascots – a pair of squirrels – were introduced at Arnhem 1980, ...

25 Olympic and Paralympic sports events to watch in 2025 with an emphasis on winter sports leading up to the 2026 Milan ...

Casey Murphy is a NJ writer specializing in swimming and diving. The first Summer Paralympic Games were held in Rome in 1960, featuring eight sports, with swimming being one of the original eight.

The number of track and field events held at the Paralympic Games is staggering. Due to the number of impairment ... participated in track and field Paralympic competition since the first edition in ...

The win comes 12 years after Stutzman earned his sole Paralympic medal (silver) at the 2012 London Games. The U.S. women’s ...

India's first gold medallist in Paralympic Games, Murlikant Rajaram Petkar was on Thursday elated by the news that the Sports Ministry has recommended him for the Arjuna Award in the Lifetime ...

Also recognised with an MBE for services to cycling were tandem riders Sophie Unwin and Jenny Holl who won an incredible two ...

(CNN) — As 2024 draws to a close, many of us will be hoping for a healthy bonus to help ring in the New Year. Elite athletes are no different. Many gold medalists from this year’s Olympics in ...